Carmen McRae famous quotes

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Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.
-- Carmen McRae

#Music #Yeast #Bread
... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.
-- Carmen McRae

#You Like It
Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best.
-- Carmen McRae

#Oscars #My Favorite #Pianist

Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.
When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.
Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.
You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.
After my pregnancy, I discovered I have an allergy to yeast. Problem is, all the food I love has yeast in it. So I have to relearn how to cook.
I love a sandwich that you can barely fit in your mouth because there's so much stuff on it. The bread should not be the main thing on a sandwich.
The music has always been my bread and butter, and I've focused more of my attention on that.
My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!
I tasted the bread and wine of equality.

Carmen McRae famous quotes

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